The Third Annual Conference On Regenerative Medicine: The New Medicine - From Repair to Regeneration December 2-4, 2002, Washington, D.C.

From: Business Wire (Press Release)
Oct. 29, 2002

www.bioconferences.com/ebio
Call for Poster Abstracts - Only Two Weeks Left

LARCHMONT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2002-- We are actively seeking abstracts for the poster session at the Third Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine on December 2-4, 2002 in Washington, D.C.

This year's program is our most ambitious to date, with a focus on The New Medicine: From Repair to Regeneration.

Twenty-two outstanding scientists from around the world will be reviewing the latest cutting-edge research on and clinical implications of therapeutic cloning and stem cells, tissue engineering, artificial organs, and neuroregeneration. There will be two Special Addresses given by noted experts: Bioethics and New Ventures in a Difficult Environment

POSTER ABSTRACT DEADLINE:
Nov. 8, 2002
To submit a poster, go to www.bioconferences.com/ebio

FULL PROGRAM & ON-LINE REGISTRATION ARE AT:

www.bioconferences.com/ebio

ROSTER OF DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:

* William A. Haseltine, Ph.D., Human Genome Sciences
* Gregory Stock, Ph.D., UCLA School of Medicine
* Ian Wilmut, Ph.D., Roslin Institute
* Benjamin E. Reubinoff, M.D., Hadassah University Hospital
* Robert Lanza, M.D., Advanced Cell Technology
* Catherine M. Verfaillie, M.D., University of Minnesota
* Philippe Collas, Ph.D., University of Oslo
* Anthony Atala, M.D., Harvard Medical School
* Stephen Strom, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
* Ivan R. Schwab, M.D., University of California-Davis
* Anthony Ratcliffe, Ph.D., Advanced Tissue Sciences
* Gregory Korbutt, Ph.D., University of Alberta
* Peer M. Portner, Ph.D., Stanford University
* H. David Humes, M.D., University of Michigan
* Jay T. Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D., University of Iowa
* William P. van Antwerp, Ph.D., Medtronic MiniMed Inc.
* Michael J. Lysaght, Ph.D., Brown University
* Dennis J. Purcell, Perseus-Soros BioPharmaceutical Fund, LP
* Barbara S. Bregman, Ph.D., Georgetown University Medical School
* Curt Freed, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
* Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
* Shuguang Zhang, Ph.D., MIT

PRESENTATIONS INCLUDE:

* Regenerative Medicine: Circa 2003
* Reprogramming Somatic Cells for Therapeutic Applications
* Renal Replacement Therapy: From Dialysis to Biohybrid Kidney
* Neural Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease
* A Potential Platform for Cell and Gene Therapy
* Generation of Histocompatible Tissues Using Nuclear Transplantation
* Stem Cell Plasticity
* Cell Transplantation, From Hepatocytes to Stem Cells
* Bioengineering Ocular Surfaces
* Cell-Scaffold Based Tissue Engineering
* Islet Cell Transplantation
* Destination Therapy: An Emerging Paradigm for Assisted Circulation
* Cochlear Implants
* The Biomechanical Artificial Pancreas
* Substitutive Medicine
* Regeneration of Adult Nervous System
* Cloned Human Neuronal Grafting
* Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofiber Scaffold Hydrogels
* New Ventures Address: Strategies in a Difficult Environment
* Bioethics Address: From Regenerative Medicine to Human Design: What Are We Really Afraid Of?

SPONSORSHIPS AND BOOTH SPACES ARE AVAILABLE:
Contact: hmatysko@liebertpub.com

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS:

CME credit activity for 17 hours in category 1

LOCATION:

The headquarter hotel is The Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, on 999 Ninth Street, N.W. Discounted conference rates on rooms have been negotiated. Contact the hotel at (202) 898-9000, www.renaissancehotels.com/WASRB

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS:

To get the lowest airfare rates, contact Wayne Coven, Empress Travel, (212) 410-9990 or (800) 933-9054 and mention that you are attending the 3rd Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

* Harriet Matysko
* BioConferences International
* 2 Madison Ave.
* Larchmont, NY USA
* (800) 5-BIOCON, (914) 834-3100, (914) 834-3689 fax
* hmatysko@liebertpub.com; www.bioconferences.com/ebio

Contact:

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Larchmont
Third Annual Conference on Regenerative Medicine
Mayella Mercado, 800/5-BIOCON or 914/834-3100
mmercado@liebertpub.com

Source: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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